http://webconferenceguru.com/2009/11/30/collaborative-book-writing-and-learning/ Resources and Commentary for the Web Conferencing Community Tue, 01 May 2012 16:52:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://webconferenceguru.com/2009/11/30/collaborative-book-writing-and-learning/#comment-23 Aaron Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:23:22 +0000 http://www.webconferenceguru.com/?p=43#comment-23 I can see how it'd be useful for authors to have an interactive web conferencing experience with readers. I use RHUB (www.rhubcom.com) to train out of state employees on new software, and they're able to ask questions. So it's kind of like what you're talking about. I can see how it'd be useful for authors to have an interactive web conferencing experience with readers. I use RHUB (www.rhubcom.com) to train out of state employees on new software, and they're able to ask questions. So it's kind of like what you're talking about.

]]> http://webconferenceguru.com/2009/11/30/collaborative-book-writing-and-learning/#comment-22 David Hamburgh Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:03:07 +0000 http://www.webconferenceguru.com/?p=43#comment-22 Established learning methods are flawed, in that education is reliant and based on a combination of empirical evidence and rhetoric, until we are confident and courageous enough to go a little bit further on our own and push the boundaries to the point when we experience that "aha so the world is not flat" moment and learn something 'new' When children still learn in school using the 1 x 2 is 2 and 2 x2s are 4 methods, it will be a long time before they are courageous enough to push their own boundaries (if indeed many of them ever will), as they are being limited by the safety of the crowd restricting their evolution from learners to researchers. The Web by contrast, enables those creative enquiring minds to seek out others like them and through collaboration, start to push boundaries. At Zazew http://www.zazew.com we are providing the tools for writers of both fiction and non fiction to crowd source ideas and collaborate on their development. For the student engaging in boundary pushing research, it enables them to test their theories on others and seek critique, encouragement and rationalisation for their theories. For the first time, the Web means that students can engage in pushing and creating new horizons and not having to wait until their mentors say to them, “Matthew son, you have painted enough fences” Established learning methods are flawed, in that education is reliant and based on a combination of empirical evidence and rhetoric, until we are confident and courageous enough to go a little bit further on our own and push the boundaries to the point when we experience that "aha so the world is not flat" moment and learn something 'new' When children still learn in school using the 1 x 2 is 2 and 2 x2s are 4 methods, it will be a long time before they are courageous enough to push their own boundaries (if indeed many of them ever will), as they are being limited by the safety of the crowd restricting their evolution from learners to researchers. The Web by contrast, enables those creative enquiring minds to seek out others like them and through collaboration, start to push boundaries. At Zazew http://www.zazew.com we are providing the tools for writers of both fiction and non fiction to crowd source ideas and collaborate on their development. For the student engaging in boundary pushing research, it enables them to test their theories on others and seek critique, encouragement and rationalisation for their theories. For the first time, the Web means that students can engage in pushing and creating new horizons and not having to wait until their mentors say to them, “Matthew son, you have painted enough fences”

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